Obama Officials Did Not See Fentanyl Crisis

A new Washington Post investigation finds that, despite mounting deaths and warnings, the Obama administration did not take extraordinary measures to confront an extraordinary crisis: the rapid rise of fentanyl.

“Between 2013 and 2017, more than 67,000 people died of synthetic-opioid-related overdoses — exceeding the number of U.S. military personnel killed during the Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan wars combined. The number of deaths, the vast majority from fentanyl, has risen sharply each year. If current trends continue, the annual death toll from fentanyl will soon approach those from guns or traffic accidents.”

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